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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1901
Page
4
Public notice style item from the Houston Daily Post detailing publishing offices, frequencies, rates, and payment instructions. Includes contact points, delivery expectations, and guidance on addressing orders to the Houston Publishing Company, with directions for correspondence and agency details.
A fierce dispute centers on Rear Admiral Sampson's push to allow warrants to become ensigns, arguing such a change would favor social privilege over merit. Letters from warrant officer Morgan urge advancement, while Sampson warns many warrants lack Navy social polish. The debate frames a broader question of class and professional equality in military service.
Hon Joseph W Bailey charges gross irregularities among National House employees and pay. The Bailey led committee urges a statute to govern the wage system and staffing. Critics accuse bias, but the record shows a clash of investigation ethics between Washington and Austin roles.
A historical report notes that sugar dutiable goods entered at 73 percent value, with total dutiable value listed and revenue from duties. It claims the American public paid taxes equivalent to duties on all sugar consumed, while the remainder flowed to the sugar trust coffers.
The Paris Advocate covers the plea of Colonel Watterson under the claim that his assertion of a feature and its elements would discredit his boast of Scotch influence. The piece suggests the defendant denies knowledge of a straight flush reference in the defense.
A collage of quotes from Brenham Press and Yoakum Times editorials praising progress in industry and sanitation, noting Thomas Edison and Brassart’s photo plate, and urging civic effort. It discusses cotton mills, factories in Texas, rural free delivery from Terrell, and Lockhart’s cotton compress plant as steps toward prosperity.
Reports from Washington describe tall congressmen Cy Sulloway and Berry, with betting on who is taller, plus quips from Senators Mason Kearns and Teller. The piece notes House humor on pensions, Grover Cleveland, and Kentucky politics including Center ville post office applicants and Urey Woodson’s remarks on Kentucky’s solid Democratic future.
Goossbone versus Groundhog reports the groundhog's winter forecast being dismissed as unreliable after weather bureau declares one correct prediction in ten years. The piece suggests relying on the goosebone henceforth and cites Inethia official rival.
A compilation of mid century editorial prose critiques including a German writer on William II as a potential tribune and the pope’s ceremonial attire. Also featured are reflections on former Chief Justice Bleckley at Georgia and New York Times commentary urging Anglicization of South Africa with calls for massive assisted emigration to bolster British colonial presence and cover war costs.
Mrs Mills latest ball gown is an ole blue liberty satin with real point D Alencon lace and rosebud outlines. The bodice back uses lace, rose scattered train veil, and two gold sequined gauze ruffles trim the front. Also notes maids Par ma violet muslin dress and pink velvet drapery. Culinary tips include orange in tomato soup and an oyster curry with curry powder and oyster liquid, plus sugar-syrup almonds.
A collage of quirky items and essays: a poem on Memory warns of present joy fading. a New York artesian well reports two identical eye‑less fish. boxes of beheaded boxers and bleak imperial news ripple across Paris and London. Vanderbilt chastises English suitors. King Edward’s yacht draws pro‑Boer songs. Rome mocks nude fountains as prudery peaks. debates on desertion penalties, divorces, and Mexican politics interweave with a Comanche Chief press note. This jumble captures a period newspaper’s mix of humor, gossip, and foreign dispatches, with local editorials and a small accident at the power press.
The piece questions Texas state lawmakers in Austin about enacting a libel law and asks how citizens can gauge their stance. It notes Houston may gain a ship canal and Dallas deep water to the sea, while newspapers and law‑abiding people wonder where the legislature stands.
The Hovnstoxs Post adopts a fresh typographical look. editors hail it as a marked improvement. The Post has long been a solid, well edited paper, serving as a model for others in mechanical quality.
Kansas congressman urges a bill to increase the cabinet to forty five members, one for each state. Territories are not provided for, but the number could grow as new states form. The raw material is abundant and very raw.
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